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SalaryClosing date:31/01/2024 at 12:00
Job Start Date:September 2024
Contract/Hours:Permanent , Full-time
Key Stage:KS3/KS4
Salary Type:MPR / UPR
Salary Details:MPR/UPR - depending on experience
Hours of Work:Full-time
Location of Role:Crestwood Community School - Shakespeare Rd and Cherbourg Rd Campuses
Contact e-mail address:hr@crestwood.hants.sch.uk
Crestwood Community School is one school, with two campuses serving central Eastleigh. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and ambitious person as a Teacher of Drama from September 2024. Drama sits within the Performing and Creative Arts faculty. It is an exceptionally upbeat, forward-thinking, and innovative faculty, which is cohesive, team spirited and very well led. We are looking for someone who can play an active role in contributing to the already high standards within the department. Option choices at GCSE across the faculty are high with Drama’s popularity at Key Stage 4 showing a significant increase in popularity.
We are looking for someone who can play an active role in contributing to the already high standards within the team. You will be supported by a passionate and hands-on faculty leadership team; as well as experienced and dedicated teachers within that team.
This post offers an exciting career opportunity. The post would suit either an ECT or experienced teacher. You will work in a supportive and collaborative environment. If appointed as an ECT the post will be payable from 1st July 2024 in order to help in your preparation before the September start.
The Performing and Creative Art (PCA) faculty encompasses Art, Drama, Music, PE and Dance and is a leading faculty across both campuses. The Achievement Leader of PCA is talented, enthusiastic, approachable and highly supportive. He works with the faculty to promote collaborative planning, enhance teaching and learning and to drive up standards of achievement and attainment.
Nearly two thirds of the outgoing Year 11 cohort secured 4+ at GCSE with 49% securing 5+. The faculty has a clear focus on developing students' extended writing to enhance the performance of Key Stage 4 students this year as well as focusing on the development of skills and knowledge for the transition of students from Key Stage 3 into Key Stage 4 to ensure all students are well prepared and successful in their subjects.
The faculty comprises an Achievement Leader working with three Assistant Achievement Leaders, and 12 main scale teachers. They are a cohesive team and have a strong command of their subject. Foundation subjects are really enjoyed by students and their extracurricular opportunities.
Drama is a popular subject that is taught across both Shakespeare and Cherbourg road campuses. All students are taught Drama at KS3 where they learn the foundational skills they would need to be successful at GCSE, and also to enhance their confidence and performance skills. Students can opt to study GCSE Drama, and as part of the 2 year KS4, students take part in 3 exams that start in Year 10, and finish at the end of Year 11
As a school we take staff well being seriously. We offer staff the following:
- wellbeing weeks, with no commitments scheduled after school
- free lunch every day
- free tea and coffee
- half termly cooked breakfasts
- accrued inset days, taken as twilights, giving staff an additional 4 days off a year
- One wellbeing day per year (during term-time), to be taken at their chosen time (after a qualifying period)
- weekly thank you bulletin
- birthday cards
- heads discretionary leaves of absence for family events
- acts of random kindness
- access to mental health first aiders
As a new member of staff you will be well supported: we have a comprehensive induction process, and you will be given an Induction Mentor and a ‘professional buddy’. We hold the Investors in People Gold standard, and see professional learning as a major strategic priority.
For the successful candidate, a commitment to raising standards and a passion for developing young adults is essential: this entails a commitment to all learners, to excellence for all, and a belief that a good school makes a significant difference to learners’ life chances, levels of attainment and the wellbeing of the community as a whole.
Your application should comprise a completed Hampshire teaching application form, and a letter in which you should outline your experience to date, the reasons for your interest in the post and your suitability for it. Please include a paragraph on your philosophy of teaching Drama, and what you could bring to Crestwood Community School.
Please download further details and a Hampshire Teaching Application form from the school website www.crestwood.hants.sch.uk located under the School Information / Vacancies tab.
Applications, with the names and addresses of two referees, should be returned to me, Krista Dawkins, Head Teacher at hr@crestwood.hants.sch.uk.
Safer Recruitment
Crestwood Community School and Hampshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
